Using AutoFixture and Bogus to keep tests expressive
AutoFixture composes the test context. Bogus makes generated data easier to describe.
Practical .NET and cloud architecture
I write about ASP.NET Core, AWS, APIs, testing, infrastructure, and developer tooling, grounded in problems I encounter while building real systems.
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Contract-first APIs are about collaboration, not YAML
Contract-first API design is less about writing YAML first and more about making a shared boundary explicit before implementation decisions harden. This post looks at why that matters when one service is consumed by several independently...
How AI made my writing process faster without lowering the bar
AI helped me publish far more frequently by removing friction from how I develop and refine ideas, while keeping the filters, structure, and review that determine whether a post is worth publishing.
Using AutoFixture to keep unit tests focused on the scenario
A unit test should show what makes its scenario special. AutoFixture can provide a valid context by default so the Arrange phase only needs to describe the difference.
Composing focused Refit clients behind one connector
Keep Refit clients focused by responsibility while exposing one convenient dependency to the rest of the application.
I wanted to automate a tweet. I ended up building an event runtime
A small publishing automation started with Jekyll’s stateless builds and somehow ended with a generic event routing runtime.
Free software never promised free labour
Paying for OSS is not a betrayal of its ideals. The harder problem is funding future maintenance without rewriting the promise attached to what was already given away.
How to publish a NuGet package with GitHub Actions in 2026
Build, test, version, package, and securely publish a .NET library to NuGet.org using GitHub Actions, MinVer, workflow artifacts, and trusted publishing.
Adding strongly typed defaults to .NET configuration
Add strongly typed defaults to the .NET configuration pipeline while keeping the normal precedence and override behavior of other configuration providers.
Combining source-generated Minimal API registration with constructor injection
Source generation can register injectable Minimal API endpoint classes and map their routes without runtime scanning or manual composition.